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News, Season Announcement

Elionor Martínez, Sabrina Gárdez, Matthias Goerne & Kathleen O’Mara Lead’s L’Auditori’s 2026-27 Season

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L’Auditori in 2026–2027 in Barcelona has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic and Orfeó Català in music by Adams, Zosha Di Castri, and Prokofiev. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2026 Lina Johnson and Matthias Winckhler perform Brahms’ “German Requiem” under the direction of Jordi Savall. Performance Date: Oct. {…}

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Raehann Bryce-Davis, Quinn Kelsey, Will Liverman, Ana María Martínez & Christian Van Horn Lead Opera Philadelphia’s 2023-24 Season

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Opera Philadelphia has announced its 2023-24 season. Dubbed Festival 023, the company will bring music to venues around the city. The following productions are included in the Festival. The world premiere of composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch’s “Ten Days in a Madhouse,” starring Kiera Duffy, Will Liverman, and Raehann Bryce-Davis. Joanna Settle directs, and Daniela Candillari conducts. The work is co-commissioned {…}

News, Streaming

Luciano Pavarotti, J’Nai Bridges, Ana Maria Martinez, Benjamin Bernheim, Hildegard Behrens Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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Even though we are slowly inching back to real-world performances, streaming in the opera world is going as strong as ever. In this week’s edition of the Top 10 you will see your fair share of operatic repertory as well as some unique recital experiences. Atilla – OperaVision (NOW) Operavision will stream a 2011 performance of the early Verdi opera {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Ana Maria Martinez, Jennifer Rowley Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream this Week

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This is it. Next week will bring us into the traditional fall opera season where most opera companies would have initially started to open up their initial productions. In Europe, this trend will continue. In North America, it won’t. So the streaming will continue in unique and diverse formats. This week’s recommendations are no different. As always, don’t forget to {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Forward Festival 2026 Review: Les Enfants Terribles

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(Photo: Joost Milde) Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival played it safe with a staging of Philip Glass’s “Les Enfants Terrible,” not that it was any less enjoyable for the fact. Glass’s operas can, with their mix of strong, thought-provoking narratives and accessible, exciting and energetic music, almost guarantee to bring in the audiences. And this was certainly the case here. Written {…}

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Dutch National Opera Studio Announces 2025-26 Season Artists

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The Dutch National Opera Studio has announced the new artists for the 2025-26 season. The company said that new talents for the opera studio included Madison Horman, Eva Rae Martinez, Aaike Nortier, and Ismael Correa Ulriksen, with Leonardo Moyano Ortiz and Francesco Orecchio joining as répétiteurs. The talent development is central to the Dutch National Opera & Ballet and Dutch {…}

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Merola Opera Program to Present ‘Le Comte Ory’

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The Merola Opera program is set to present Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory. The rarely performed work will be directed by Garnett Bruce in his Merola debut, while Pierre Vallet will conduct singers from the Merola Opera Program. “Le Comte Ory” opera, which has been revived in recent years, features a whirlwind of mistaken identities, gender-bending disguises, as well as effervescent {…}

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Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition Announces 2024 Winners

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The Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal competition has announced the 2024 winners. The Marcello Giordani prize of $5,000 was awarded to tenor Michael Butler while the Dmitri Hvorostovsky prize of $5,000 was given to baritone Darren Drone. The Athena Music Foundation prize of $5,000 was taken by tenor Ben Reisinger while soprano Dalia Medovnikov won the Renata Scotto Prize of $5,000. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, Benjamin Appl, Gerald Finley, Joyce DiDonato & Jakub Józef Orliński

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra, I Vocalisti, ChorWerk Potsdam, Anna Lapwood, and Kerem Hasan will perform music by Kristina Arakelyan, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026 The Ensemble Resonanz, Anna Prohaska, and Enno Poppe will perform works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Vivier, Jean-Philippe {…}